On behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report entitled “Necessity of ending the
economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.
Allow me at the outset to endorse ful…
Yesterday the delegation of Venezuela addressed the Assembly to acknowledge the Security Council’s efforts to improve the preparation of its report to the General Assembly, as many previous speakers have highlighted at this very meeting.
Today we intend to focus in the second part of our statement …
On behalf of my delegation, I thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador John Negroponte of the United States, for his introduction this morning of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
The submission of the Council’s report always raises great expectations for my…
I would like first of all to express appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having designed the programme of work related to items allocated for discussion in plenary meetings in such a way as to ensure a comprehensive overview of the issues with which we are concerned. This is particularly true as…
On behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I would like to express my gratitude to the members of the Security Council for supporting the request made by a group of countries with regard to holding this open debate at a crucial moment that casts a shadow on the future of th…
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the members of the Latin American and Caribbean Group in this meeting that commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
It is also an immense privilege to recall on this …
Just a few days ago, from 27 to 30 October 2002, in accordance with the mandate of the first South Summit of heads of State or Government of the Group of 77, we held, in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the first Group of 77 High-Level Conference on Science and Technology. There, thank…
I should like first of all to congratulate you, Mr. President, and to assure you of my delegation’s full cooperation and best wishes for success as you discharge your responsibility in guiding the work of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session.
We welcome the fact that the General Assemb…
I should like to thank the General Assembly secretariat, and in particular the Office of Legal Affairs, for having organized and planned this meeting, which is of great significance given the fact that we are now on the eve of a conference of vital importance in Monterrey — a conference that will en…
Venezuela shares the concerns that have been raised with respect to this draft resolution. We are aware of the global ramifications that a unilateral modification of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty would have for the strategic balance and for the overall body of international agreements in the are…
Consistently and repeatedly, both bilaterally and in international forums, and at the United Nations in particular, Venezuela has continued to express its repudiation of the passage and application of laws with extraterritorial effects that infringe the sovereignty of States. Once again, we note wit…
First, on behalf of my delegation, I will make a very brief statement, since most previous speakers have emphasized the concepts of the obligations which demonstrate the great importance of this subject for the international agenda in future decades. Permit me also to express our gratitude to the Se…
Let me first express our gratitude to the Islamic Republic of Iran for having taken the initiative of promoting dialogue among civilizations in such a suitable place as the United Nations. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, and his Personal Representative, Mr. Giandomenico…
I would like to begin by acknowledging the important efforts and the contribution of the Open-ended Working Group led at the last session by Mr. Harri Holkeri, who made a distinguished contribution to the subject we are discussing today.
This subject, reform of the Security Council, has once again …
I join earlier speakers in congratulating the Secretary- General on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,
which also went to the United Nations Organization itself. The award is an encouragement for us to continue to work to build a world of peace and security, particularly at this time when the imp…
On behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I would like to take the opportunity afforded by this world forum to reiterate our forceful condemnation and firm rejection of terrorist acts in all their forms and manifestations, wherever they occur in our world. From the very ou…
Allow me to begin, Mr. President, by thanking you for convening a meeting of this main organ of the United Nations to discuss a report of vital importance in the context of international relations. Indeed, we have heard interesting viewpoints during these two days of discussions on the prevention of…
